Own-gender imitation activates the brain's reward circuitry

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 804-810

  Losin, Elizabeth A Reynolds ^a   Iacoboni, Macro ^a   Martin, Alia ^a   Dapretto, Mirella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural learning; Gender; Imitation; Neuroimaging; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMITATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867751659     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr055     Document Type: Article

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